Hay-loader.



Patented Oct. 7, I902. W. 0. BAKER.

H A Y L 0 A D E B. (Application bled Apr. 21, 1902.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES" \VILLIAM O. BAKER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,

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HAY-T'LOZADER.

SPECIFICATION. formingpart of Letters Patent No. 710,403, dat d Octob r7, 190 2.

" Application filed April 21, 1902. 'SerialNo.103.868. (No modetl To q/Z25 whom it may concern.-

Be' it known that-I, WILLIAM O. BAKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates,i-esiding at Spri ugfield, in the county of Clark and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and 'useful Improvements in Hay-Loaders,of which the following is a specification, reference beinglhad therein.to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relatesjto hay-loaders, and has for its object to providea construction whereby machines of'this character may be employed torake and lift the hay either from the swath or from the wind rowwitheq'ual efficiency in either case.

To these ends my invention consists in certain ,novel features, which Iwill now proceed to describe and will then particularly point out in theclaims. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of a portionof a hay-loader embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a detail sectionalview of the same, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line a: a: of Fig.1and looking in the direction of the arrows, the parts being shownadjusted in position for raking from the swath. Fig, 3 isa view similar.'to Fig. 2, but showingthe parts adjnsted'in position for raking fromthe windrow. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional. view taken on the line 11'y'of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, theparts beingshown in the position illustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a view similar tolig. 4, the parts being shown, however, in the position illustrated inFig. 3;and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view taken on the linefz z'ofFig.5 and lookingin the direction of-the arrows.

' In the saiddrawings, 1 indicates,as a whole,

- usual rakes are illustratedatfi and are con a hay-loader of anyapproved construction supported on wheels 2 and having the usualinclined deck 3 with side beanxs or sills 4 and transversesupportingebars 5, connecting the side beams and supporting the deck.The

'str ucted and'operated in any approved man'- ner. Inhay-loadersofi'this type as usnally constructed. the deck terminates atthe lower cross-bar 15 andthe lower line of the deck is fixed, so far asits height fro n'the groundis concerned, s ,that if it is; low enough toadapt pose. provided with apertures, through which pass I the machine toproperly rake from the swathit is too low to permit successful rakingwhen the hay is piled high in windrow's. In' order to oven-come thisobjection, I provide a deck the lower edge ofwhich is of suflicientheight above the ground to permit rakingfrom the Windrow, and in orderto adapt the apparatus to also-rake from the swath I provideanadjustable extension 7,whichismov- 'able in the direction of the planeof the deck toward and from the ground, so as to'vary the height of thelower edge of the deck from the ground, considering the extension asroaning' part of the deck. Any suitable provision for securing theextension in placeafter adjustmentmay be employed; but I prefer theconstruction which I have shown for this pur- In this case the lowercross-bar 5 is removable bolts 8, and the extension '7 is provided inconnection with each bolt 8 with two or more apertures, two beingindicated in the present instance at 9 and 10-. Similarly, each sidepiece .4 is provided with a removable bolt I 11 and with apertures 12and 13 to receive the same, while-the extension 7 is provided with abracket 14, having an aperture 15, through which the bolt 11 may pass.It will be seen that when the parts are in the position shown in fulllines in Fig. l and also in Figs. 2' and 4 the bolts .8 pass through theupper apertures 9 of the extension, while the bolts 11 pass through thelower apertures 13 of the side pieces,

the extension being in its lower-' raking from the swath. When the partsare in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.

1 and also shown in'Figs. 3 and 5, the-bolts 8 pass through the lowerapertures 10 of the extension, while the bolts 11 pass through the upperapertures 12 01": the side pieces, the extension being raised andthe'parts'being in position'for raking from the windrow. 'Asa rulethe-side pieces approach each other toward the top, and to accommodatethis narrowing of the space between them the bracke ets 14 are slottedat one end, preferably the end through which the boltll passes,.theaperture15being elongated, as indicated in'dot ted lines in Fig. 6.

toward and from the 20.-

' It is obvious that other adjusting means than the bolts and aperturesmay be employed and that any desired number of bolts and apertures maybe used. It is also obvious that various other modifications may be madewithout departing from the principle of my invention, and-I therefore donot wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to thecated at thelower end thereof and adj ustab'le in the plane of the deck toward andfrom the ground, substantially as described.

piece provided with a plurality of adjusting- 1 3. A hay-loader of thecharacter described having side pieces, cross-bars, and a deck ter- -minatin g at the lower cross-bar, an extensionsubstantially as described.

apertures, the side pieces being provided with a corresponding pluralityof adjusting-apertures, and removable adjusting-bolts, one set passingthrough the cross-bar and through the apertures of the extension-piece,and the other set passing through the adjusting-apertures of the sidepieces, the extension-piece being provided with apertured brackets toreceive these lastmentioned bolts, substantially as described.

4. A hay-loader of the character described having converging sidepieces, cross-bars, and

a deck terminating at-thelower cross-bar, an

extension-piece provided with a pluralityof adj ustiug-apertures, theside pieces being provided with a corresponding plurality ofadjusting-apertures, and removable adjusting: bolts, one set passingthrough the cross-bar and through the apertures of the extension-vpiece, and the other set passing through the adj usting-apertu res oftheside pieces, the extension piece being provided with slotted bracketsto receive these last-m en tioned belts,

in testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM OJBAKER.

Witnesses:

E. O. HAGAN, IRVINE MILLER.

